Hadith Lesson: Ruling on Leaving Friday Prayer

As-Salāmu ‘Alaykum wa RaḥmatuLlāhi wa Barakātuh. A‘ūdhu BiLlāhi Minash-shayṭāni r-rajīm. BismiLlāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. Wa ṣ-Salātu wa s-Salāmu ‘alá Rasūlinā Muḥammadin Sayyidi l-Awwalīna wa l-Akhirīn. Madad yā RasūlAllāh, Madad yā Sādāti Aṣḥābi RasūliLlāh, Madad yā Mashāyikhinā, Dastūr Mawlana Sheikh Abdullāh al-Fā’iz ad-Dāghistāni, Sheikh Muḥammad Nāẓim al-Ḥaqqānī. Madad.

1Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “People should stop neglecting Friday prayers, or their hearts will be sealed and they will be among the heedless.”

2Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

[…] He ﷺ says, at least give him a gold coin. Dinar is a little less than a whole gold coin. But our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says let him give it as a dinar of gold. Let it be his sadaqah. If he doesn’t have that, then half a gold coin. So at least – in terms of Turkish Lira: fifteen thousand. That is the dinar our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam told to give. Half a dinar is seven thousand or so. Therefore, the one who leaves Friday prayer without an excuse should definitely give that as sadaqah.

3Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam even made it lighter. Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “The one who leaves Friday prayer without excuse should give one dirham as sadaqah.” Dirham is less than a dinar. “Or half a dirham.” The dinar is the highest. After it comes the dirham. But a dirham is definitely less than a dinar. “Or

he should give half a dinar or sa’ (a measure) of wheat, in alms.” So a person who leaves Friday without an excuse should definitely and at least give sadaqah. If he has an excuse, then that’s something else. Most people don’t leave work. That is considered an excuse, but one should not leave every Friday.

4Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Whoever neglects the Friday prayer three times (in a row) without an excuse, then Allāh ﷻ sets a seal upon his heart.” Some don’t give importance to Friday prayer, “I don’t go to Friday prayer.” And there are some foolish people [in non-Muslim countries] that although there are Muslims everywhere, the adhan is called for the five prayer times and everywhere is full of Muslims – There are those who say, “This is a place where non-Muslims rule,” and they don’t pray Friday prayers. They are a different kind of fools. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla will not accept their [worship]. Their hearts are sealed. May Allāh ﷻ protect us.

This is not a joke. Religion is not a joke. Our Prophet ﷺ says, “Go to Friday prayer. Don’t leave Friday prayers.” Even if you’re in a foreign country, there is a mosque, they pray Jum’ah. Who can reach it must pray. “This is not a Muslim country, the ruling is like this and that.” It’s not your ruling nor your business! You pray five times a day, give your zakat, go to ḥajj and do everything; then, you say there mustn’t be a Friday prayer because it is a kāfir country. Even in a kāfir country, there is Friday prayer. Allah Allah!

5Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

This is a very beautiful ḥadīth of our Prophet ﷺ. Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Whoever leaves three Fridays without a valid excuse is written down as one of the hypocrites.” Take this!

Sadaqa RasuluLlah fi ma qal, aw kama qal. The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ says the truth in what he ﷺ said or as he ﷺ said.

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Ihda’ – Dedication:

Ziyadatan ila sharafi’ ‘n-Nabi, sallaLlahu `alayhi wa sallam wa Alihi wa Asahabihi l-kiram, wa ila arwahi jamee’i al Anbiya’i wa l-Mursalin wa Khudama’i sharai’ihim wa ila arwahi al ‘Aimmati al arba’a, wa ila arwahi Mashayyikhina fi t-Tariqati nNaqshbandiyyati l-Aliyyah, khassatan Imamu t-Tariqah wa Ghawthu l-Khaliqah Khwaja Bahauddin Muhammad al-Uwaisiyi l-Bukhari, Sayyidina Abdul Khaliq al Ghujduwani, Mawlana Shaykh Sharafuddin al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Abdullah al Faiz al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al Haqqani, wa sai’ri Sadatina wa s-Siddiqiyun, wa man nahnu fi hadratihim wa jiwarihim, for the souls of all our past ones, for the souls of all Shaheeds. For the souls of true Muslims. May Allāh ﷻ guide people. This is an important lesson. Many people are confused. Shayṭān shows the falsehood as the truth. May Allāh ﷻ grant us to follow the truth. May we not obey the hypocrites, in shā’a Llāh. Al-Fātiḥah.

[(Translation) To the honor of the Prophet, Prayers and Peace be upon Him, and his family, and his companions, and the souls of all the prophets as well as of His messengers and of those who served their Sharia, and to the souls of the four Imams. And to the souls of our Mashayikh of the Most Distinguished Naqshbandi Tariqa, in particular to the soul of the Imam of the Tariqa Ghawth al-Khaliqa (the Help of Creation), Khwaja Bahauddin Muhammad al-Uwaisiyi l-Bukhari, Sayyidina Abdul Khaliq al Ghujduwani, Mawlana Shaykh Sharafuddin al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Abdullah al Faiz al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al Haqqani, and the rest of our masters and Siddiqiyun, and to whom we are in their presence and near them, for the souls of all our past ones, for the souls of all Shaheeds. For the souls of true Muslims. May Allāh ﷻ guide people. This is an important lesson. Many people are confused. Shayṭān shows the falsehood as the truth. May Allāh ﷻ grant us to follow the truth. May we not obey the hypocrites, in shā’a Llāh. Al-Fātiḥah.]

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 17 June 2025/ 21 Dhu l-Hijjah 1446 Beylerbeyi Dergah, Istanbul